防卫限度的历史演变

考察正当防卫的限度条件在中外刑法上的历史演变过程,对于把握正当防卫制度的发展规律具有重要意义。在古今中外的刑事立法上,国家在对正当防卫的强度问题上,都经历了从限制过宽到限制较严,再从限制较严到放宽限制这样一个复杂而漫长的演变过程。是正义的力量促使人们拿起防卫的武器来捍卫自己的权利,是理性的力量促使人们在同不法侵害行为作斗争时又提出了各种限制性条件,又是邪恶的力量迫使人们在对防卫限度作出反思后又放宽对防卫强度的限制。

On the Historical Evolution of Justifiable Defense Limits

Exploring the historical evolution process of the limit of justifiable defense home and abroad is of great importance for the study on the development of the system of justifiable defense.On the limit of justifiable defense,every country experienced a long and complicated process from loose restriction to narrow restriction,and then to loose again.It is justice that urges people to use the weapon of defense to safeguard their rights,it is rationality that spurs people to restrict their defense while struggling against unlawful infringement,and it is evil that compels people to loosen the limit of justifiable defense again after consideration.